The best dictionaries were so huge they
needed their own stands. You can still see them in libraries. But nearly
everyone who has a computer uses a Web-based dictionary, such as the cleverly
named Dictionary.com, or some kind of software-based reference. The English Dictionary and Thesaurus is the latter sort.
It's a free utility that maintains a
huge dictionary and thesaurus locally, not online, so it's completely portable,
though it can access the Internet for definitions, updates, and other needs. It
will look up words in most major word processors, browsers, and e-mail clients,
including Microsoft Word, Internet Explorer, and Outlook, and Mozilla's Firefox
and Thunderbird.
The Sage English Dictionary and Thesaurus 4-5-1784
The Sage English Description:
TheSage downloads at 8.52MB; about
average for today and fairly tidy, considering that, with more than 200,000
definitions, 50,000 usages, and 70,000 phonetic transcriptions in the
dictionary and nearly 1,400,000 word associations in the thesaurus, it would
definitely be in library-stand territory, if it were printed on paper. But
there's really no way for a paper dictionary to do a fraction of the things
TheSage does. For instance, there's an encyclopedia of historical,
geographical, political, and bio medical information.
More Description:
TheSage's English Dictionary and
Thesaurus is a one-click complete dictionary and multifaceted thesaurus of the
English language. TheSage can look up words directly from almost any program
(IE, Word, Firefox, Outlook, Thunderbird,... ) and is 100% portable. It runs
locally, and does not use your Internet connection.
The Dictionary comprises: +210,000
multiple detailed definitions, +50,000 examples of usage, +70,000 phonetic
transcriptions, encyclopedic information (geographical, historical,
political,...), academic knowledge (medicine, biology,... ), and more. The
Thesaurus encompasses synonyms, antonyms, hypernyms, hyponyms, meronyms,
holonyms,... including nearly 1,400,000 relationships b/w definitions.
The essential functionality includes the following:
Tabbed interface allowing multiple
definitions and searches to be readily available, quick cross-referencing (any
and all displayed words are clickable, triggering a look up , standard and
advanced wildcard search functionality, anagram search, online search,
definition and example concordance (so-called reverse search), text-to-speech,
phonetic wildcard search, history, word lists manager, customization of the
appearance of TheSage, and more. What's new in this version: Version 4.5.0.1784
may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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